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Installation of new pipeline through the Bemidji oil spill site in Minnesota
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Microbes Might Munch Magnetic Minerals at Oil Spill Site

by Sarah Stanley 19 May 202219 May 2022

New experiments at an old oil spill site in Minnesota suggest that nonbiological processes alone may not account for decreased magnetization.

西弗吉尼亚州的天然气管道地役权。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

美国天然气管道路线与环境公正

by Elizabeth Thompson 4 August 202112 November 2021

管道基础设施给美国最脆弱的社区带来了不成比例的负担。

A natural gas pipeline easement in West Virginia
Posted inResearch Spotlights

America’s Natural Gas Pipeline Routes and Environmental Justice

by Elizabeth Thompson 13 July 202111 October 2021

Pipeline infrastructure disproportionately burdens America’s most vulnerable communities.

An aerial shot of a crew cleaning up an oil spill in a river
Posted inNews

El Oleoducto Keystone Derrama 9,120 Barriles de Petróleo en los Humedales de Dakota

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 8 December 20206 January 2022

La fuga tuvo lugar en una sección pre-existente del oleoducto Keystone. Este es el cuarto derrame del oleoducto en 9 años.

An aircraft releases chemical dispersant on 5 May 2010 over oil floating on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico
Posted inFeatures

¿Por Qué la Luz Solar es Importante para los Derrames de Petróleo en el Mar?

by Collin P. Ward, C. M. Reddy and E. B. Overton 6 October 202018 May 2022

Una década de investigación desde el desastre de Deepwater Horizon ha revelado cómo la luz solar—su importancia subestimada durante mucho tiempo en la ciencia de derrames de petróleo—altera sustancialmente el petróleo que flota en la superficie del mar.

Smoke and flames rise up from a well pad in proximity to houses
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More Gas Wells Linked to More Symptoms in Pennsylvania Residents

by P. Waldron 30 September 202025 March 2022

Natural gas production has been booming in southwestern Pennsylvania, but it may also yield multiple health complaints, especially for residents surrounded by oil and gas facilities.

Underwater photograph of a tank experiment designed to observe how diesel oil behaves when leaking from a pipe
Posted inEditors' Vox

The Underwater Behavior of Oil and Gas Jets and Plumes

by M. C. Boufadel and S. A. Socolofsky 1 September 20206 January 2022

Exploring how the multiscale interaction between underwater oil and gas plumes and the environment impacts plume composition and trajectory.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Understanding Earthquakes Caused by Hydraulic Fracturing

by R. Schultz 7 August 20208 November 2021

A better understanding of how earthquakes are caused by hydraulic fracturing is an important part of building better practices to manage and mitigate their risks.

An aircraft releases chemical dispersant on 5 May 2010 over oil floating on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico
Posted inFeatures

Why Sunlight Matters for Marine Oil Spills

by Collin P. Ward, C. M. Reddy and E. B. Overton 28 April 202018 May 2022

A decade of research since the Deepwater Horizon disaster has revealed how sunlight—its importance long understated in oil spill science—substantially alters petroleum floating at the sea surface.

Drilling rig and Dauphin Island Bridge in Mobile Bay, Alabama
Posted inOpinions

Thirty Years, $500 Million, and a Scientific Mission in the Gulf

by Heather Goss 27 March 202022 November 2021

Gulf Research Program executive director Lauren Alexander Augustine discusses the impact science can have on communities when given money and time.

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